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T H L W N E W 5
St. Mary’s campus weekly • 49th year, No. ^ 3 ^ May 5, 1998 • St. Mary’s City, MD 20686
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Mosley wins SGA presidency in landslide
Last week’s SGA elections, held Monday and
Tuesday, resulted in a runoff election held the
following two days in which Andrew Mosley de­feated
Mark Hershfield for the SGA presidency
and David Falcone beat Angela Comberiate for the
position of SGA Treasurer, with Rod Cofield win­ning
VP of Programming. Mosley won with 73
percent of votes cast and Falcone with 53 percent.
Mosley received 313 of the 655 votes cast, or 48
percent of the vote in the first election necessitating
a runoff election. Hershfield received 16.6 percent,
Kevin Frank with 13.5 percent, Tom Klemm with
11.4 percent, and Kara Lundy with 9.2 percent.
Mosley campaigned on a platform of improving
campus safety, as well as addressing problems with
student parking, meal options, and building repairs.
He expects the extensive SGA experience of his
ticket to help his efforts as president.
The winners of races for SGA Senator are as
follows: Caroline, BJ James; Commuters, Allison
Edwards, Mike Ludwig, and Doug Walker;
Dorchester, Matt Kopec; Prince George, Amanda
Jones; Queen Anne, Megan Haji; and Townhouses,
Jeremiah Chiapelli, Joe Dipetrio, Kevin Kleckner,
John Schmidt.
Winners of the class officer races are as follows:
Class of 1999, President: Jim Eberwine, Vice Presi­dent:
Brian King, Treasurer: Christina Klepper,
and Secretary: Sheila Renehan; Class of 2000,
President: Angela Comberiate, Vice President: Erin
Sheridan, Treasurer: Jimmy Garippa, Secretary:
Stephanie Bair; Class of 2001, President: Netsanet
Kibret, Vice President: Natasha Robinson, Trea­surer:
Michael Pudlak, and Secretary: Megan Haji.
—Compiled from staff reports
Winner of the SGA presidential race, Andrew Mosley,
SpeakS at an election forum. P h o to b y T h e re s a So tto
S e m e s t e r o f p r e s s , p e a c o c k s , a n d p o l i t i c s c o m e s t o a c l o s e
ALISA BRALOVE
news editor
There is so much to learn over the
course of a semester. El Nino taught us
how many days in a row it can rain before
we need to start kayaking to class, Javabar
found it can’t compete with “Must-See
TV,” and May Day showed us just about
everything. In order to take full advan­tage
of the plethora of knowledge avail­able
to our eager young minds this semes­ter,
it is time to recount some of the
highlights of the spring of 1998.
The semester began on a very sad note
as we learned that 13 students and three
faculty members had been attacked while
studying in Guatemala. The national and
regional media descended upon the cam­pus
to cover the event, provoking some
students to protest what they considered
to be overly intrusive behavior by the
news teams.
Thieves expanded their horizons as one
or more of them stole over $ 10,000 worth
of Pre-Colombian artifacts from Monty.
And we musn’t forget an especially inter­esting
new tool for stalking, or, ah, educa­tional
inquiry: the peepholes. By late Janu­ary,
thieves were at it again, this time
stealing an official stamp and special em­bosser
from the Registrar’s office.
February brought a more positve turn
of events, as Bob Flynn tried to answer
the question, “How many St. Mary’s stu­dents
can you squeeze into the gym?” He
received an impressive response. With
780 people packed into Somerset, Seahawk
fans broke a record dating back to the
1970s.
To give us a break from all of this hard
work, the Faculty Senate continued their
discussion over a week-long fall break.
Dean Freeman proposed restructuring the
Office of Multicultural Affairs and guber­natorial
candidate Ellen Sauerbrey spoke
on campus.
In an attempt to better define what it
In early March, the
talented Lady
Seahawks showed that
campus spirit isn't
dead...
means to be an honors college, the Com­munity
Charter was introduced to explain
the St. Mary’s Way. And in their efforts to
get to know the county better and show
their opinion of the real St. Mary’s way,
several students engaged in the first an­nual
St. Mary’s County bar rally.
In early March, the talented Lady
Seahawks showed that campus spirit isn’t
dead, as they took the CAC basketball
championship. The baseball team learned
an important lesson as well when they
were given some stiff penalties for rookie
night activities.
April brought with it a realization by the
SGA—that an omission in the bylaws did
not provide for a runoff election in the case
that a majority wasn’t achieved. The SGA
did manage to resolve this problem just in
time for more election trouble to hit and
cause even more problems. Improprieties
in candidate election petitions pushed the
elections back a week and, following the
first election and a runoff, Andrew Mosley
emerged as the new president.
World Carnival and Lil’Palooza coin­cided
with the St. Mary’s Ultimate Team
tournament as well as nice weather to give
a nice reprieve to our constant hard work
and studying. The end of April provided
us with the decision for our well-deserved
two-day fall break to begin next semester,
while on the sports front the women’s
lacrosse team won the CAC champion­ship.
May was off to a cold wet start as daring
naked bicyclists circled the campus while,
in the name of science, several onlookers
stud; 'd anatomy. St. Mary’s Projects
wrapped up their first year and the College
began preparing for next year’s incoming
freshmen, who will be the first class for
whom the projects are required.
In the week before exams, students did
their best to study the social habits of the
campus (see Crime Log).
Last but not least, everyone reading The
Point News learned more than they ever
wanted to know about SGA elections, clay
pots, and monkeys.
Pavilion set to
be erected over
summer
NEIL IRWIN
editor-in-chief
Work began Friday on a 21,000 square
foot fabric structure that will serve as the
cafeteria and office space this fall. Plans
are set for Charles Hall to begin undergo­ing
major renovation and expansion start­ing
in mid-summer.
The Pavilion, as the fabric structure is to
be called, will be erected on what is now
the baseball field, perpendicular to the
track (see illustration on page 5). It will
contain an area in which students eat that
is larger than the current cafeteria, as well
as two large areas for student organiza­tions
to meet. Connected to the Pavilion
will be a set of trailers that will contain rest
rooms, the Student Development Office, a
conference room, and offices for SGA and
The Point News.
On Friday, Contractor R&R Interna­tional
began clearing the area on which the
Pavilion will be erected. The first month
of work, explains Facilities Director Chip
Jackson, will be much like that for any
other construction project, in that it will
involve the laying of utility lines and a
solid foundation on which the Pavilion
and trailers will lie.
In mid-June, the actual erection of the
Pavilion will begin. Workers will raise
pieces of aluminum frame anchored in the
foundation. While holding them in place,
a brace will be placed between adjacent
ribs of the structure, holding them straight
and keeping them from falling.
After the frame for each section is in
place, the thick fabric covering that sec­tion
will installed.
This process should take until the end of
June, when interior work on the Pavilion
will begin, including installation of car­peting.
It should be ready for offices and
food service to move in on August 1, and
Jackson sees little possibility that the
project would be delayed. “Rain doesn’t
slow the process down, so it ought to be in
place on time,” he said.
Continued on CONSTRUCTION, page 4.
I n s i d e
♦ A L o o k a t C o l l e g e A s s e t s
See more on Page 7.
♦ G r a d e I n f l a t i o n a t St. M a r y ’s ?
Find out what students on this campus think
about grades, majors and grade inflation.
Pages 8-9
N EW S ....................................... ............................ 1-5
FEATURE S.................................................6-7, 10
FOCUS..................................................................... 8-9
HUMOR................................................................... 1 i
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT...................12-13
OPINION .........................................................:..... 14
SPORTS.................... .......................................15-16

T H L W N E W 5
St. Mary’s campus weekly • 49th year, No. ^ 3 ^ May 5, 1998 • St. Mary’s City, MD 20686
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Mosley wins SGA presidency in landslide
Last week’s SGA elections, held Monday and
Tuesday, resulted in a runoff election held the
following two days in which Andrew Mosley de­feated
Mark Hershfield for the SGA presidency
and David Falcone beat Angela Comberiate for the
position of SGA Treasurer, with Rod Cofield win­ning
VP of Programming. Mosley won with 73
percent of votes cast and Falcone with 53 percent.
Mosley received 313 of the 655 votes cast, or 48
percent of the vote in the first election necessitating
a runoff election. Hershfield received 16.6 percent,
Kevin Frank with 13.5 percent, Tom Klemm with
11.4 percent, and Kara Lundy with 9.2 percent.
Mosley campaigned on a platform of improving
campus safety, as well as addressing problems with
student parking, meal options, and building repairs.
He expects the extensive SGA experience of his
ticket to help his efforts as president.
The winners of races for SGA Senator are as
follows: Caroline, BJ James; Commuters, Allison
Edwards, Mike Ludwig, and Doug Walker;
Dorchester, Matt Kopec; Prince George, Amanda
Jones; Queen Anne, Megan Haji; and Townhouses,
Jeremiah Chiapelli, Joe Dipetrio, Kevin Kleckner,
John Schmidt.
Winners of the class officer races are as follows:
Class of 1999, President: Jim Eberwine, Vice Presi­dent:
Brian King, Treasurer: Christina Klepper,
and Secretary: Sheila Renehan; Class of 2000,
President: Angela Comberiate, Vice President: Erin
Sheridan, Treasurer: Jimmy Garippa, Secretary:
Stephanie Bair; Class of 2001, President: Netsanet
Kibret, Vice President: Natasha Robinson, Trea­surer:
Michael Pudlak, and Secretary: Megan Haji.
—Compiled from staff reports
Winner of the SGA presidential race, Andrew Mosley,
SpeakS at an election forum. P h o to b y T h e re s a So tto
S e m e s t e r o f p r e s s , p e a c o c k s , a n d p o l i t i c s c o m e s t o a c l o s e
ALISA BRALOVE
news editor
There is so much to learn over the
course of a semester. El Nino taught us
how many days in a row it can rain before
we need to start kayaking to class, Javabar
found it can’t compete with “Must-See
TV,” and May Day showed us just about
everything. In order to take full advan­tage
of the plethora of knowledge avail­able
to our eager young minds this semes­ter,
it is time to recount some of the
highlights of the spring of 1998.
The semester began on a very sad note
as we learned that 13 students and three
faculty members had been attacked while
studying in Guatemala. The national and
regional media descended upon the cam­pus
to cover the event, provoking some
students to protest what they considered
to be overly intrusive behavior by the
news teams.
Thieves expanded their horizons as one
or more of them stole over $ 10,000 worth
of Pre-Colombian artifacts from Monty.
And we musn’t forget an especially inter­esting
new tool for stalking, or, ah, educa­tional
inquiry: the peepholes. By late Janu­ary,
thieves were at it again, this time
stealing an official stamp and special em­bosser
from the Registrar’s office.
February brought a more positve turn
of events, as Bob Flynn tried to answer
the question, “How many St. Mary’s stu­dents
can you squeeze into the gym?” He
received an impressive response. With
780 people packed into Somerset, Seahawk
fans broke a record dating back to the
1970s.
To give us a break from all of this hard
work, the Faculty Senate continued their
discussion over a week-long fall break.
Dean Freeman proposed restructuring the
Office of Multicultural Affairs and guber­natorial
candidate Ellen Sauerbrey spoke
on campus.
In an attempt to better define what it
In early March, the
talented Lady
Seahawks showed that
campus spirit isn't
dead...
means to be an honors college, the Com­munity
Charter was introduced to explain
the St. Mary’s Way. And in their efforts to
get to know the county better and show
their opinion of the real St. Mary’s way,
several students engaged in the first an­nual
St. Mary’s County bar rally.
In early March, the talented Lady
Seahawks showed that campus spirit isn’t
dead, as they took the CAC basketball
championship. The baseball team learned
an important lesson as well when they
were given some stiff penalties for rookie
night activities.
April brought with it a realization by the
SGA—that an omission in the bylaws did
not provide for a runoff election in the case
that a majority wasn’t achieved. The SGA
did manage to resolve this problem just in
time for more election trouble to hit and
cause even more problems. Improprieties
in candidate election petitions pushed the
elections back a week and, following the
first election and a runoff, Andrew Mosley
emerged as the new president.
World Carnival and Lil’Palooza coin­cided
with the St. Mary’s Ultimate Team
tournament as well as nice weather to give
a nice reprieve to our constant hard work
and studying. The end of April provided
us with the decision for our well-deserved
two-day fall break to begin next semester,
while on the sports front the women’s
lacrosse team won the CAC champion­ship.
May was off to a cold wet start as daring
naked bicyclists circled the campus while,
in the name of science, several onlookers
stud; 'd anatomy. St. Mary’s Projects
wrapped up their first year and the College
began preparing for next year’s incoming
freshmen, who will be the first class for
whom the projects are required.
In the week before exams, students did
their best to study the social habits of the
campus (see Crime Log).
Last but not least, everyone reading The
Point News learned more than they ever
wanted to know about SGA elections, clay
pots, and monkeys.
Pavilion set to
be erected over
summer
NEIL IRWIN
editor-in-chief
Work began Friday on a 21,000 square
foot fabric structure that will serve as the
cafeteria and office space this fall. Plans
are set for Charles Hall to begin undergo­ing
major renovation and expansion start­ing
in mid-summer.
The Pavilion, as the fabric structure is to
be called, will be erected on what is now
the baseball field, perpendicular to the
track (see illustration on page 5). It will
contain an area in which students eat that
is larger than the current cafeteria, as well
as two large areas for student organiza­tions
to meet. Connected to the Pavilion
will be a set of trailers that will contain rest
rooms, the Student Development Office, a
conference room, and offices for SGA and
The Point News.
On Friday, Contractor R&R Interna­tional
began clearing the area on which the
Pavilion will be erected. The first month
of work, explains Facilities Director Chip
Jackson, will be much like that for any
other construction project, in that it will
involve the laying of utility lines and a
solid foundation on which the Pavilion
and trailers will lie.
In mid-June, the actual erection of the
Pavilion will begin. Workers will raise
pieces of aluminum frame anchored in the
foundation. While holding them in place,
a brace will be placed between adjacent
ribs of the structure, holding them straight
and keeping them from falling.
After the frame for each section is in
place, the thick fabric covering that sec­tion
will installed.
This process should take until the end of
June, when interior work on the Pavilion
will begin, including installation of car­peting.
It should be ready for offices and
food service to move in on August 1, and
Jackson sees little possibility that the
project would be delayed. “Rain doesn’t
slow the process down, so it ought to be in
place on time,” he said.
Continued on CONSTRUCTION, page 4.
I n s i d e
♦ A L o o k a t C o l l e g e A s s e t s
See more on Page 7.
♦ G r a d e I n f l a t i o n a t St. M a r y ’s ?
Find out what students on this campus think
about grades, majors and grade inflation.
Pages 8-9
N EW S ....................................... ............................ 1-5
FEATURE S.................................................6-7, 10
FOCUS..................................................................... 8-9
HUMOR................................................................... 1 i
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT...................12-13
OPINION .........................................................:..... 14
SPORTS.................... .......................................15-16